Daan Rietbergen is a graphic designer ànd an artist. He is fascinated by the alphabet and is always busy transforming letters and typography into abstract forms. He plays with the scale and architectural qualities of letters. Rietbergen's letterforms and typographic experiments often have a strict 'grid' as a basis and the rules he imposes on himself while designing often outweigh readability. He paints the letters with an incredibly steady hand and this careful handiwork is accentuated by the still visible pencil lines that give his letter painting works extra life. He sees his letters as living, individual characters that can stand alone, but also together form one family.